The Leading in a Crisis Podcast
A podcast by Tom

48 Episodes
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EP 48 Harnessing AI for Crisis Communication: a conversation with Philippe Borremans
Published: 2/21/2025 -
EP 47 Tips for leveraging social media in a crisis: and analogue vs virtual command posts
Published: 2/16/2025 -
EP 46 Risks of hosting a high profile personality, and building challenging crisis exercises
Published: 2/9/2025 -
EP 45 Spring cleaning your crisis plan - considerations and lessons learned
Published: 2/5/2025 -
EP 44 American Airlines plane collision at Reagan National Airport - review of initial communications response
Published: 2/1/2025 -
EP 43 PTSD after a major incident response - part 2
Published: 11/11/2024 -
EP 42 Dealing with PTSD after a major crisis response, with Sara McKeown White
Published: 11/8/2024 -
EP 41 Why surge capacity matters in a crisis - the Centerpoint Energy Houston story
Published: 10/24/2024 -
EP 40 Ariana Grande concert bombing part 2: crisis response at the Manchester Arena with Amanda Coleman
Published: 7/1/2024 -
EP 39 Bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in England, part 1: navigating the police response and incident communications with Amanda Coleman
Published: 6/30/2024 -
EP 38 Lahaina wildfire response - part 2 of our conversation with Michael Brogan
Published: 6/26/2024 -
EP 37 Listen to the elders - mass casualties and lessons learned from the Lahaina wildfire with Michael Brogan
Published: 6/23/2024 -
EP 36 Artificial Intelligence for crisis planning and support: Entrepreneur Justin Snair and Preppr.ai
Published: 5/31/2024 -
EP 35 Leading in a crisis - lessons and advice from a first time PIO and Deputy (Part 2)
Published: 5/19/2024 -
EP 34 Inside Occidental Petroleum's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Drill with Will Fitzgerald and Celina Cardenas
Published: 5/19/2024 -
EP 33 John Breed on counseling CEOs and leading in a crisis
Published: 5/12/2024 -
EP 32 Mastering Crisis Leadership with Incident Commander Dan Smiley
Published: 5/5/2024 -
EP 31 Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into a crisis response, with Dan Smiley
Published: 4/28/2024 -
EP 30 Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Review of the Communications Response
Published: 4/14/2024 -
EP29 Silly season in America: protecting your brand during the presidential election
Published: 4/7/2024
Interviews, stories and lessons learned from experienced crisis leaders. Email the show at [email protected]. Being an effective leader in a corporate or public crisis situation requires knowledge, tenacity, and influencing skills. Unfortunately, most of us don't get much training or real experience dealing with crisis situations. On this podcast, we will talk with people who have lived through major crisis events and we will tap their experience and stories from the front lines of crisis management. Your host, Tom Mueller, is a veteran crisis manager and trainer with more than 30 years in the corporate communications and crisis fields. Tom currently works as an executive coach and crisis trainer with WPNT Communications, and as a contract public information officer and trainer through his personal company, Tom Mueller Communications LLC. Your co-host, Marc Mullen, has over 20 years of experience as a communication strategist. He provides subject matter expertise in a number of communication specializations, including crisis communication plan development, response and recovery communications, emergency notifications and communications, organizational reviews, and after-action reports. He blogs at Blog | Marc Mullen Our goal is to help you grow your knowledge and awareness so you can be better prepared to lead should a major crisis threaten your organization.Music credit: Special thanks to Nick Longoria from Austin, Texas for creating the theme music for the podcast.